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Environmental Sustainability in Operations

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Oerlikon has long been dedicated to developing sustainable innovations and technologies, often in collaboration with external partners and customers. We recognize the need to apply those same principles of innovation to our own operational processes and systems and to reduce the impact of our business on the environment.

Our overall strategy for reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions relies on optimizing efficiency on both a small and greater scale. That can mean anything from transitioning from conventional to LED lighting to repurposing recovered heat from combined heat and power systems.

In 2020, we set ambitious targets for the decade. In 2030, we intend to:

  1. Implement ISO-50001-certified or Oerlikon defined Energy Management Systems (EnMS) at all relevant sites;
  2. Use electrical energy derived exclusively from renewable resources;
  3. Reduce the share of disposed waste to 21% of total waste and
  4. Achieve climate neutrality by reducing emissions in our operations.

The first two of our environment targets – implementing EnMS at all our relevant sites and switching to purchasing and consuming energy solely from renewable resources – combined with other energy-saving and emission-reduction initiatives, are designed to support our efforts toward achieving our climate-neutral target in our operations.

For all environmental targets, we consider production and large office sites as relevant (relevant sites) and generally exclude all small offices (fewer than 50 employees), as it is neither economically nor sustainably prudent to have such systems implemented for small offices. We have, in some cases, included the data of small sites that have gathered and provided the figures. Together, these are called operational sites, for which we have provided consolidated environmental data.

In 2022, the environmental key performance data from 166 operational sites were consolidated, including two small offices. That represents an increase of 11 sites, mainly due to sites acquired since the baseline year (2019: 155 sites). No data from minority-owned sites were included in 2022.

Our progress in 2022 in environmental metrics is detailed in the following sections of this chapter. We will continue to work toward improvements in energy efficiency and reductions in energy consumed, resources and waste – and toward our targets.

Team in India achieves GreenCo Silver rating certification

Case Study

At the beginning of 2022, Oerlikon’s management team in India established a target of achieving GreenCo certification in accordance with the rating system standards established by the Confederation of Indian Industry. We were pleased to be awarded our Silver Rating Certificate in October following a rigorous process that included a system assessment, site audit and review by a jury panel.

The certification reflects our environmental performance in such key metrics as energy efficiency, renewable energy, water conservation, waste management, material conservation, innovation for environment, green infrastructure and ecology, product stewardship and life cycle aspects, green supply chain and greenhouse gas emissions reduction. Notable achievements include reductions of 5% in energy consumption and 10% in water consumption, as well as a 32% decrease in effluent quantity.

Team in India achieves GreenCo Silver rating certification
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